# Net migration in Costa Rica

Net migration in Costa Rica was 995 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `cr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/costa-rica
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=cr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 995 |
| 2022 | 1,006 |
| 2021 | 1,018 |
| 2020 | 1,029 |
| 2019 | 1,653 |
| 2018 | 1,673 |
| 2017 | 1,671 |
| 2016 | 1,649 |
| 2015 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 1,579 |
| 2012 | 1,587 |
| 2011 | 1,695 |
| 2010 | 2,357 |
| 2009 | 3,432 |
| 2008 | 3,794 |
| 2007 | 4,080 |
| 2006 | 4,321 |
| 2005 | 4,567 |
| 2004 | 4,856 |
| 2003 | 5,216 |
| 2002 | 5,812 |
| 2001 | 7,119 |
| 2000 | 8,826 |
| 1999 | 13,253 |
| 1998 | 15,556 |
| 1997 | 16,954 |
| 1996 | 17,393 |
| 1995 | 16,609 |
| 1994 | 15,587 |
| 1993 | 14,431 |
| 1992 | 13,069 |
| 1991 | 10,757 |
| 1990 | 7,949 |
| 1989 | 3,758 |
| 1988 | 2,414 |
| 1987 | 2,267 |
| 1986 | 2,302 |
| 1985 | 2,357 |
| 1984 | 2,402 |
| 1983 | 2,449 |
| 1982 | 2,453 |
| 1981 | 2,431 |
| 1980 | 2,387 |
| 1979 | 2,349 |
| 1978 | 2,296 |
| 1977 | 2,228 |
| 1976 | 2,129 |
| 1975 | 1,992 |
| 1974 | 1,839 |
| 1973 | 1,468 |
| 1972 | 1,366 |
| 1971 | 1,296 |
| 1970 | 1,137 |
| 1969 | 1,017 |
| 1968 | 939 |
| 1967 | 926 |
| 1966 | 930 |
| 1965 | 932 |
| 1964 | 934 |
| 1963 | 938 |
| 1962 | 934 |
| 1961 | 924 |
| 1960 | 910 |